Respiratory and Mayer wave-related discharge patterns of raphe and pontine neurons change with vagotomy
Respiratory and Mayer wave-related discharge patterns of raphe and pontine neurons change with vagotomy
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DOI:
10.1152/japplphysiol.01324.2009
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发表时间:
2010-07-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Dick, T. E.
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作者:
Morris, K. F.;Nuding, S. C.;Dick, T. E.
Morris KF, Nuding SC, Segers LS, Baekey DM, Shannon R, Lindsey BG, Dick TE. Respiratory and Mayer wave-related discharge patterns of raphe and pontine neurons change with vagotomy. J Appl Physiol 109: 189-202, 2010. First published April 1, 2010; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01324.2009.-Previous models have attributed changes in respiratory modulation of pontine neurons after vagotomy to a loss of pulmonary stretch receptor "gating" of an efference copy of inspiratory drive. Recently, our group confirmed that pontine neurons change firing patterns and become more respiratory modulated after vagotomy, although average peak and mean firing rates of the sample did not increase (Dick et al., J Physiol 586: 4265-4282, 2008). Because raphe neurons are also elements of the brain stem respiratory network, we tested the hypotheses that after vagotomy raphe neurons have increased respiratory modulation and that alterations in their firing patterns are similar to those seen for pontine neurons during withheld lung inflation. Raphe and pontine neurons were recorded simultaneously before and after vagotomy in decerebrated cats. Before vagotomy, 14% of 95 raphe neurons had increased activity during single respiratory cycles prolonged by withholding lung inflation; 13% exhibited decreased activity. After vagotomy, the average index of respiratory modulation (eta(2)) increased (0.05 +/- 0.10 to 0.12 +/- 0.18 SD; Student's paired t-test, P < 0.01). Time series and frequency domain analyses identified pontine and raphe neuron firing rate modulations with a 0.1-Hz rhythm coherent with blood pressure Mayer waves. These "Mayer wave-related oscillations" (MWROs) were coupled with central respiratory drive and became synchronized with the central respiratory rhythm after vagotomy (7 of 10 animals). Cross-correlation analysis identified functional connectivity in 52 of 360 pairs of neurons with MWROs. Collectively, the results suggest that a distributed network participates in the generation of MWROs and in the coordination of respiratory and vasomotor rhythms.